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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Auchtene, num. and num. adj. Also: achttene, -teyne, achten; auchtein(e, avchttene, auchten; aught(t)ein, aughteen; awchtene, -teine, awghtein, awchen(e. [ME. (latterly northern) ahtene, auhtene, OE. eahtaténe, -týne.]

1. Eighteen.(a) 1388 Bamff Chart. 22.
Achttene fal lang and thertene of brede 1400 Maxwell Mem. I. 140.
The fourty schylyne worth of land at remaynys of the achten markis worth 1512 Montgomery Mem. 77.
Achtteyne schilling wortht of land(b) a1400 Leg. S. xxx. 400.
Til ane abbay auchten myle thine 1424 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III. 96.
Auchtene rudis of land c1420 Wynt. iv. 29.
He … regnand was auchtene yheris Ib. v. 2689.
Thre hundyr byschopys and auchtene 1491 Treas. Acc. I. 167.
Rose nobillis gevin for auchtene schilling the pece a1500 Bk. Chess 1990.
This harlot kest apon thre dyce auchtene 1518 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 184.
The yeir of God ane thousand five hundreth and auchtene yeris 1558-66 Knox II. 4.
Upon one nycht … war drowned of thame aughttein ensenȝeis 1572 Bann. Trans. 367.
Auchtene syluer spunes 1601–2 Misc. Spald C. V. 129.
Tuentie twa firlottis … and auchtene peckis 1644 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 12.
Auchtein thousand … merkis 1666 Ib. 233.
Auchtein hundered merkis(c) c1420 Wynt. i. 1060.
Thre hundyre byschapys and awchtene 1497–8 Melville Chart. 52.
Awchen markis yerly thareffter 1550 Reg. Episc. Aberd. I. 450.
Assedatioun … for awchtene ȝeris 1660 Melrose R. Rec. I. 289.
Awghtein shilling for expences

2. Eighteenth. 1454 7th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. 720/2.
Of ovre regnne the av[ch]ttene ȝere 1473 Edinb. B. Rec. 28.
The auchtene day of Februare 1527 Caldwell Fam. P. 59.
The auchtene of the monetht of Maij 1583 Conv. Burghs I. 162.
The … sevinteint and auchtene days of Iunij 1583 Edinb. B. Rec. IV. 306.
The town to haif for the multure thairof the auchtein coirn 1595 Misc. Spald. C. II. 131.
Fra Sonday last, the auchtene of this instant 1622-6 Bisset I. 4/13.
King Caractacus the auchtene [king] 1664 Mun. Univ. Glasg. II. 339.
This aughteen day of November